Table 3 Association between COVID-19 clinical status (positive or those with no test done but COVID-19-related symptoms vs. Negative test result or No test done and no COVID-19 symptoms) and physical and mental health.

From: Physical and mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at first year in a Spanish adult cohort

 

COVID-19 clinical status

Positive test result/no test done but COVID-19 symptoms

Negative test result/no test done and no COVID-19 symptoms

χ2

p

N

%

N

%

Physical health

 Self-perception

    

7.41

0.025

 Excellent/very good

15

16.1

330

26.3

  

 Good

25

55.9

693

55.1

  

 Fair/poor

26

28.0

233

18.6

  

Current general health self-perception 1 year ago

    

22.95

0.002

Much/Somewhat better

6

6.5

81

6.4

  

Same

48

50.5

905

72.0

  

Much/Somewhat worse

41

43.0

271

21.6

  

Disability (mean/SD)

20.17

8.5

17.30

6.5

 

0.002*

Mental health

 Self-perception

    

8.00

0.024

 Excellent/very good

39

41.5

551

43.9

  

 Good

37

39.4

579

46.1

  

 Fair/poor

18

19.1

125

9.9

  

Major depressive episode

    

26.24

0.002

No

82

73.5

1555

89.2

  

Incidence

16

14.2

88

5.0

  

Persistence

5

4.4

38

2.2

  

Recovery

9

8.0

63

3.6

  

Generalized anxiety disorder

    

13.23

0.006

No

13

41.9

196

68.9

  

Incidence

7

25.8

58

20.1

  

Persistence

5

16.1

16

5.7

  

Recovery

5

16.1

15

5.3

  

Any suicidal thoughts and behaviors

    

29.05

0.002

No

70

67.6

1451

86.7

  

Incidence

5

4.8

22

1.9

  

Persistence

10

9.5

65

3.9

  

Recovery

19

18.1

126

7.5

  

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (median/ Q1–Q3)

13

5–34

8

3–20

 

0.025**

  1. Q1, First quartile; Q3, Third quartile.
  2. % weighted follow-up sample weight (inverse probability weighting and post-stratification).
  3. *Student’s t-test for independent samples; ** U-Mann non-parametric test for independent samples.
  4. Significant values are in bold.